Endeavour Landing in Front of LAX Theme Building

Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Endeavour, built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger, completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles. Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers. Less «

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Shuttle Endeavour's Route Through Los Angeles

Credit: California Science Center

This map shows the 12-mile route the space shuttle Endeavour will take from Los Angeles International Airport (lower left) to the California Science Center on Oct. 12-13, 2012.

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Endeavour Atop Over Land Transporter

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop the Over Land Transporter in a hangar at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Shuttle Endeavour Hoisted Off Carrier Plane

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

The overland transporter is moved into position below the space shuttle Endeavour not long after the orbiter was demated from the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier…Read More »

Aircraft (SCA) during the early morning hours on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at Los Angeles International Airport. Less «

Endeavour with Chase Plane Shadow

shadow of a NASA F-18 chase jet wing is shown in the foreground. Endeavour, built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger, completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles. Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the California Science center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers. Less «

California Science Center Main Atrium

Aerial Mobile of the California Science Center

Credit: California Science Center

The Aerial Mobile hangs in The Robert H. Lorsch Family Pavilion of the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The pavilion stands 88 feet high and is…Read More »

100 feet in diameter. Inside a swirl of colored light, from a skylight made of dichroic glass, fills the Lorsch Pavilion and envelops visitors in a color spectrum ranging from soft yellow to deep purple, depending on the position of the sun. A centerpiece of the pavilion is the Aerial Mobile, a hanging sculpture comprised of 1,578 spheres, each hand-covered in gold leaf and palladium leaf, varying in size from 3 inches to 7 inches. The spheres, symbolizing the planets of the universe, are attached to 342 cables suspended from the ceiling of the Lorsch Pavilion. Less «